Business Management - M&A

The first layoffs will take place Oct. 6 at the Portland, Ore.-based secure card personalization, fulfillment and packaging operation.

Trade show season is just a few months away, with PRINT 17 returning to Chicago in September and the SGIA Expo kicking off its 2017 edition in New Orleans in October. At a trade show, you can make a shopping list of what you need to enter the ranks of the industry’s high-value acquisition candidates.

This week, Julie Greenbaum highlights industry news about LSC Communications' release of IntercepTag solution for verifying textbook authenticity; Weldon, Williams & Lick's acquisition of Worldwide Ticketcraft; C.J. Group of Companies' acquisition of Clixx; the acquisition of Quark Software by Parallax Capital Partners; Cox Media Group Ohio's closure of its newspaper printing facility in Franklin, Ohio; and the final deadline for the 2017 Gold Ink Awards (which is today!)

Tronc sought the Sun-Times so it could maintain control of what was originally a $25 million-per-year deal to print and distribute it.

In the beleaguered newspaper business, the acquisition activity in June for regional and community newspapers was robust.

Weldon, Williams & Lick has acquired Worldwide Ticketcraft, consolidating the entrepreneurial drive of WWTC with the strength of WW&L.

One of the top mailing facilities in Canada, Clixx, will be added to the C.J. Group of Companies roster of 30 companies.

At New Direction Partners, we have seen that once a company has made its first successful geographic expansion, the experience may pique interest in making others. However it is accomplished, geographic expansion brings a range of strategic benefits to the buyer.

In this week’s video, Printing Impressions’ Julie Greenbaum (Julie G) Highlights Printing Industry News For The Week of June 19, 2017.

ArborOakland Group has announced the integration of Utley Brothers Printing of Troy, Mich.